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Mahmoud Khalil’s lawyers said on Thursday that they will ask for a certificate from Foreign Minister Marco Rubio, who argues that although Mr. Khalil does not commit any crimes, his presence in the United States enables anti -Semitism.
Mr. Khalil, a graduate of the University of Colombia, who led the pro -Palestinian demonstrations on the campus last year, was detained by the government for more than a month. He has a hearing in the Louisiana Immigration Court on Friday, when his lawyers admitted, the judge would not like to grant their request to listen from Mr. Rubio.
But they said that the lack of justification of the detention of Mr. Khalil, unlike Mr. Rubio’s assertion, made it necessary to force the Secretary to answer the questions in deposition.
“Mr. Khalil has the right under the legal procedures due to face the evidence against him, and this is what we want to examine, Foreign Minister Rubio,” said Mark Van der Hot, one of his lawyer.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not immediately respond to a request for suspension.
Lawyers’ statements came at a press conference a day after the Ministry of Internal Security presented evidence in its case to deport Mr. Khalil. The case raised major questions about freedom of expression and due legal procedures during President Trump’s second term.
Lawyers of Mr. Khalil said that the evidence provided by the administration – including a note dated by Mr. Rubio – has not provided any additional justification for the Trump administration’s argument for the deportation of Mr. Khalil.
The memo, which was obtained for the first time Associated PressMr. Khalil, a permanent legal resident who is Palestinian and married to an American citizen, did not accuse criminal behavior. Instead, as reported, the administration was cited by a law rarely allowing the Minister of Foreign Affairs to start deportation procedures against anyone who can consider reasonably a threat to the US foreign policy, in this case a policy of combating anti -anti -hostility.
Mr. Khalil was very clear during the campus protests in Colombia last year, as an alliance of student organizations represented negotiations with the school.
In public statements, the Ministry of Internal Security said that Mr. Khalil was “in line with Hamas”, while the White House accused him of “the bias of terrorists.” But even with the publication of Mr. Rubio’s memo, no public evidence was provided that would prove these allegations.
Internal security also provided evidence of other allegations against Mr. Khalil, which relates to whether he had revealed his membership in many organizations, including the United Nations agency that helps Palestinian refugees, when he applied to become a resident in the United States last March.
A spokeswoman for the administration refused to provide other evidence, or any other evidence, noting that “the immigration court cows are not available to the public.”
Mr. Van der Hotted rejected these allegations, describing them as “false”.
He said: “Rubio’s message is the only evidence that goes to the main charge in this case.”
Mr. Khalil was arrested last month in Manhattan and was quickly transferred to Louisiana, where he has been detained since then. He and his wife, Dr. Nour Abdullah, expect a child this month.
The judge who supervises the immigration case, Jame E. Comans, indicated that she does not believe that her role is to define the constitutionality of the statute that Mr. Rubio cates. Instead, in a Friday session, it is expected to determine whether the evidence provided by the government meets the requirements of the law that it rarely cited – and thus whether Mr. Khalil can be deported.
Even if it allowed the government to deport Mr. Khalil, it will not be removed immediately from the country.
While his immigration issue is proceeding in Louisiana, efforts to combat constitutional detention play in front of a federal judge in New Jersey. This judge, Michael Varbarars, ordered the government not to remove Mr. Khalil until he rules otherwise.
